History of the book in Great Britain and the United States 2510-f2ENG1W-HBGBUS

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=4240 (term 2022/23Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=5461 (term 2023/24Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=7300 (term 2024/25Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=8832 (term 2025/26Z)

The course addresses selected aspects of the history of the Anglophone book. In the class discussion part, an outline of writing, printing and publishing will be addressed on the basis of selected texts. In the practical part, the students will explore selected material forms of major works of American and British literature through the lens of the book-history developments.

Content distribution:
 General Introduction and requirements
 Book history theories and approaches
 Writing history
 The printing press
Mid-term test
 Individual feedback
 Authorship
 Publishing agents
 Readership
 End-of-term test
 Individual feedback and conclusion

The class discussions are based upon students’ reading of An Introduction to Book History by David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery (Routledge 2006).

Term 2022/23Z:

As in part A

Term 2023/24Z:

Term 2024/25Z:

Term 2025/26Z:

Total student workload

1 ECTS = contact hours (until 2022/2023) ________________________________________________ 2 ECTS (since 2023/2024) 1 ECTS = participation in classes 0,5 ECTS = revision for test 1 and test 2 0,5 ECTS = homework reading / preparation for classes

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The student W1: has thorough knowledge of the book publishing history in Anglophone countries, and of selected British and American literary works (K_W05) W2: has in-depth knowledge of the connection between book history research and literary studies (K_W05).

Learning outcomes - skills

The student U1: is capable of analysing a selected literary work from the perspective of the development and limitations of book history (K_U13).

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: - discussion Exploratory teaching methods: - case study

Prerequisites

C1 level of English

Course coordinators

Grzegorz Koneczniak

Assessment criteria

A graded credit on the basis of the assignments assessing the level of achieving particular learning outcomes

• Two written assignments (tests) – W1, U1, W2,
• Graded participation in discussion – U1

Assessment criteria:
fail – 0-59 %
satisfactory – 60-69 %
satisfactory plus – 70-75 %
good – 76-85 %
good plus – 86-90 %
very good – 91-100 %

Practical placement

Not applicable

Bibliography

Required reading:
Finkelstein, David and Alistair McCleery. 2006. An Introduction to Book History. London: Routledge. [all chapters]

Additional reading:
Eliot, Simon and Jonathan Rose, eds. 2011. A Companion to the History of the Book. London: John Wiley & Sons. [selected essays only]

Term 2022/23Z:

As in part A

Term 2023/24Z:

As in part A

Term 2024/25Z:

As in part A

Term 2025/26Z:

As in part A

Notes

Term 2022/23Z:

N/A

Term 2023/24Z:

N/A

Term 2024/25Z:

N/A

Term 2025/26Z:

N/A

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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